Well, this got a little messed up and I put the rules at the end. I have noticed that no one seems to read them much anyway.
Okay, this was a great contest! I arbitrarily made a decision to take the top 7 entries.
Vote for your favorite portrait, and leave them rep points as well, if you will. Only one vote allowed now to see who will be the new champion, and who will choose the theme for the next contest.
VOTERS: PLEASE READ THIS SECTION FIRST! When you are voting in the poll, please keep a few things in mind. Entrants were encouraged to take their best 'portrait' shot as a theme picked by a previous winner. Please keep the theme and the guidelines below in mind as you help us choose our next CD Photo Contest winner.
Please do not post to this thread since comments and compliments might skew other voters. You can make comments in Feb/March 08 City-Data Photography Contest Discussion and leave the photographers positive rep comments, they'd appreciate that.
The contest is now open, so post away! Please read all the rules before posting.
Welcome to the third City-Data Photography Contest. It's just for recreation and good times. This contest was just an idea that materialized and we've worked through, and isn't officially sanctioned by City-Data. So if you have issues and or gripes, direct them to me, not City-Data.
Like the previous contest, this thread will serve as the entry and voting thread. I've tried to include most of the changes below, but let me summarize here:
I'll open this thread on March 10th for everyone to start posting their pictures. Voting will last about 7 days.
The theme: PORTRAITS, of people, formal or informal. The portrait should convey something about the person.
Now the details for this thread. Remember, all contestants should be very familiar with the rules/guidelines provided here.
1. This thread is open to as many people who want to enter. If necessary, the field will be narrowed to the top ten or so, and we will vote in the run-off. If we have a lot of entries, multiple votes in the first poll will be allowed.
2.
Contestants, please post your picture, a title (if you'd like), and your name IN the post.
3. This thread will be closed until March 10th, at which time posters can begin adding their images to this thread.
4. We will leave the thread open for submissions until March 16th, at which time I will add a poll with all contestants names for voting. Voting will then begin and run for 7 days, closing on the 23rd.
5. No 'Great Shot' posts or 'Nice work' allowed. If you see ANY posts here that aren't picture submissions, please use the report post feature by clicking this symbol . A moderator will be notified and the post will be deleted. There should be nothing here to skew the votes. You can leave comments about the pictures here
Feb/March 08 City-Data Photography Contest Discussion
6. After the poll closes, the winner will be announced and the prize will be rewarded.
7. Remember gang, this is just for fun. We're all just hangin' out, trying to be better photographers.
8. Participants can vote for their own pictures and are encouraged to do so!
9. If you see something that is not original work that's been posted here, please repost the post AND DM me too. We will take care of the post, the picture, and the ramifications of that activity.
10. No restrictions on dimensions, try and limit file size to 400K, but no one is going to be penalized on file size. If you can size it down, great. If not, don't worry about it.
11. No restrictions on subjects but the voting will based on adherance to the theme by the voters.
12. Please use new, fresh pics shot recently. Nothing out of your photo stock.
6. One picture per contestant. (color, black and white, your choice!)
7. If you know what EXIF data is and you don't mind posting it, please do so. It might help us all become better shots.
8. The prize offered is still up in the air. We're working on a couple of options but again, it's MOSTLY for fun.
10. If you have any questions/concerns, feel free to DM me.
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Finals March 2008 Photography Contest
